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see if he wants to raise taxes, see if he has to raise taxes to do that. plus he has some thoughts on 2016. all of that is going to be in our woeb site after the show. we're right back. a little election day take-away on how to watch the result ls as they come in tonight. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can make better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> poll closings will happen in less than ten hours, so here are a few final thoughts on how to watch this election day. of course to me, the big story is going to be the future of the republican party. this fight with the tea party that's going o
see if he wants to raise taxes, see if he has to raise taxes to do that. plus he has some thoughts on 2016. all of that is going to be in our woeb site after the show. we're right back. a little election day take-away on how to watch the result ls as they come in tonight. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst...
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and they pay much lower taxes than the average working class american because they get tax gimmicks. you put their taxes at a normal level not even a superhigh level for these unbelievable checks that they take home and you fund 47 million people. >> this is a solution, get rid of what's called carried interest, the loophole you're talking about. get rid of the carried interest loophole for the top 40 people. do it just for the top 40 -- >> you'd probably get about $3 billion a year from the 40 people alone. this would be, you know, i have here, i brought it because i thought it was relevant. to a piece of legislation submitted by senator levin, which is all of the worst tax phony loopholes for american companies, putting their money in the caymans, this is $220 billion over ten years, it's not about raising tax or anything, it's about closing the most disgusting, egregious loopholes we could feed our children decently without breaking a sweat. >> okay. margaret, why did there's been a lot today. i don't think they're being disingenuous. i think if you look at the record of the parti
and they pay much lower taxes than the average working class american because they get tax gimmicks. you put their taxes at a normal level not even a superhigh level for these unbelievable checks that they take home and you fund 47 million people. >> this is a solution, get rid of what's called carried interest, the loophole you're talking about. get rid of the carried interest loophole for the top 40 people. do it just for the top 40 -- >> you'd probably get about $3 billion a year...
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he pushed ahead with his agenda anyway, passing a budget that cuts taxes for the rich and implements harsh restrictions to republgtive health. at the same time, he has defied his own republican tea party. there are two possibilities of what's going on and they're not mutually exclusive. one is that he's actually standing up against the right wing in ohio because he believes it's wrong and inexcusable to make 270,000 ohioans go without health care. he realizes his first two years in office were far to the right over the ohio electorate. and this is an attempt to move back in line with the public and set himself up for an event chul presidential run. senator, what is your read on the state of play of the politics of medicaid expansion in your state right now? >> complicated, chris, on the one hand, the government should have definitely used political courage, the fourth his gop members in the house and the senate to bring it to the floor for a vote. he refused to do that. they refused to do that. one in six ohioans live in poverty so we need real leadership here. the fact that this was
he pushed ahead with his agenda anyway, passing a budget that cuts taxes for the rich and implements harsh restrictions to republgtive health. at the same time, he has defied his own republican tea party. there are two possibilities of what's going on and they're not mutually exclusive. one is that he's actually standing up against the right wing in ohio because he believes it's wrong and inexcusable to make 270,000 ohioans go without health care. he realizes his first two years in office were...
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in 2009 he pled guilty to lying to white house officials and to tax fraud. carrick served two years in jail. he explains now why he is an evangelist of sorts on minimum sentencing. >> talk to us about how your perspective of federal prison changed. >> matt, i've been in law enforcement my entire career. i stood in a courtroom with no compassion and sent people to prison for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years and life. i think what stunned me the most about walking into cumberland was that i was then housed with men that were doing those same sentences that were there for first-time, non-violent drug offenses. >> at the core of your argument here is that these minimum mandatory federal sentences have not doing what they intended to do. >> no. you know what? when i came into the system, i didn't realize -- it's a nickel. hold it. feel the weight of it? feel it? >> yeah. >> i had no idea that for 5 grams of cocaine, which is what that nickel weighs, 5 grams, you could be sentenced to 10 years in prison. i was with men sentenced to 10 years in prison for 5 grams of co
in 2009 he pled guilty to lying to white house officials and to tax fraud. carrick served two years in jail. he explains now why he is an evangelist of sorts on minimum sentencing. >> talk to us about how your perspective of federal prison changed. >> matt, i've been in law enforcement my entire career. i stood in a courtroom with no compassion and sent people to prison for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years and life. i think what stunned me the most about walking into cumberland was that...
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another colorado tax on newly legalized marijuana. a proposed label on genetically modified food in washington state. in new york authorization of seven casinos ostensibly to increase aid to schools and property taxes. in new jersey a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $8.25 an hour, a dollar more than the federal standard of $7.25. governor, we were talking about enthusiasm and getting people to the polls. the raft of progressive measures, does that help with turnout, do you think? >> it does if they get a lot of publicity. if it's a vibrant campaign drives turnout. if it's on the ballot, probably not enough. >> progressive? >> ostensibly raise money in schools. >> see those progressives. always for the children. please. >> wake up. we're talking about gmo, pot legalization. you talk about gay -- anti-marriage equality issues in 2004, 11 states passed them by more than 57%. this year, 2012 ballot initiatives, minnesota -- last year minnesota failed to ban same-sex marriage, maryland maine, washington legalized, col
another colorado tax on newly legalized marijuana. a proposed label on genetically modified food in washington state. in new york authorization of seven casinos ostensibly to increase aid to schools and property taxes. in new jersey a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $8.25 an hour, a dollar more than the federal standard of $7.25. governor, we were talking about enthusiasm and getting people to the polls. the raft of progressive measures, does that help with turnout, do you...
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that's a republican saying, okay, we'll take higher taxes and more spending. the tea party is looking like it will get railroaded on this because a lot of republicans do care about pentagon spending. $25 billion is coming out of the pentagon next year and they are already carping about the $50 billion that hit this year. so they think they need $50 billion back. they don't want to give up another 25. so you're right. democrats have a lot of leverage. that's what harry reid was saying recently. they feel like they have leverage. they can even get tacks out of this. >> i think i was arguing a counter-point. the idea, steve, of how much sway the tea party has at this point, i think the jury is still out. you have tom cole, who has been a moderate basically all along but forced at specific moments during the shutdown and after the fact to go along with fractious strategy than he would have preferred. i wonder just where the republican party will find its center. >> let me put an uncomfortable truth out there. it's not just the tea party driving this process. fisca
that's a republican saying, okay, we'll take higher taxes and more spending. the tea party is looking like it will get railroaded on this because a lot of republicans do care about pentagon spending. $25 billion is coming out of the pentagon next year and they are already carping about the $50 billion that hit this year. so they think they need $50 billion back. they don't want to give up another 25. so you're right. democrats have a lot of leverage. that's what harry reid was saying recently....
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their tax subsidies available. let me play for you what jay carney said this morning to your point about young people and whether they'll sign up. >> there's a silver lining here when it comes to young people an young people are important to this working. it was always the case, no matter how good the website was going to be, that young americans were going to be the last group to sign up. i don't know about you in college or everything i did when i was young as last minute. >> well, i'm with jay carney on that one to the extent that i was a procrastinator and never wrote my paper until the last paper. does he have a point, though, we don't know right now that the accusations you're making are speculative? >> here's what we know, chris. and i think we can find common ground here. we know that we were promised that this website would be working great and it's not and it is a total mess. >> and the white house would concede that. >> we know that the president promised -- okay, fine. they keep saying and they keep say
their tax subsidies available. let me play for you what jay carney said this morning to your point about young people and whether they'll sign up. >> there's a silver lining here when it comes to young people an young people are important to this working. it was always the case, no matter how good the website was going to be, that young americans were going to be the last group to sign up. i don't know about you in college or everything i did when i was young as last minute. >>...
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deliberately weak body create by articles of con federation, no separate executive and congress couldn't tax or regulate trade or raise an army. it didn't really trump the states which you write were essentially sovereign nations and jefferson had a different vision. you write in your book, fixated at governing at the national level and served on a committee to consider ben franklin's original proposal in the articles of con federation and jefferson was a persistent advocate of more central command. why was that so important to him? >> because he was ultimately a pragmatic politician. one of the things that goes to what we all do all day and what we think about and a lot of folks that we know and love think about, thomas jefferson was a career politician, for 40 years from 1769 until 1809, almost constantly in public office. he stepped out for a little while, running but by and large, he was there. and he believed in the life of the republic. he believed that the american revolution and ensuing american government was the embodiment of this extraordinary idea in western culture about human s
deliberately weak body create by articles of con federation, no separate executive and congress couldn't tax or regulate trade or raise an army. it didn't really trump the states which you write were essentially sovereign nations and jefferson had a different vision. you write in your book, fixated at governing at the national level and served on a committee to consider ben franklin's original proposal in the articles of con federation and jefferson was a persistent advocate of more central...
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in colorado, voters will weigh in on a controversial taxing scheme for the sale of legal marijuana, and 11 counties will decide whether to pursue splitting away and forming their own state. >>> the nfl is investigating charges that a miami dolphins player was bullied by a teammate who sent him racist and threatening texts. the dolphins suspended guard richie incognito for conduct detrimental to the team, and "the miami herald" reports that it plans to cut ties with him. incognito allegedly sent messages that were racist and threatening. he says the charges are false. >>> dolphins tackle jonathan martin left the team last week and has reportedly been bullied ever since he was a rookie last year. martin says he was pressured into paying $15,000 for incognito and teammates to go to las vegas. the players union is also investigating what may be serious problems in the dolphins locker room culture. >>> a bill protecting the lgbt community from workplace discrimination has cleared a big hurdle in the senate, and it succeeded with some republican support. today, gay rights advocates are praisi
in colorado, voters will weigh in on a controversial taxing scheme for the sale of legal marijuana, and 11 counties will decide whether to pursue splitting away and forming their own state. >>> the nfl is investigating charges that a miami dolphins player was bullied by a teammate who sent him racist and threatening texts. the dolphins suspended guard richie incognito for conduct detrimental to the team, and "the miami herald" reports that it plans to cut ties with him....
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when you look at his stance, abortion, president's health care, taxes, unions, some issues that would turn democrats away from even consider gs a republican when you look at that, have not bothered them about chris christie. >> i think there are three things happening here. sandy is one of those things. if i were a voter in new jersey, i would look at sandy and that would probably be at the top of my list. the second thing is, chris christie is coming in now to -- at the descendancy of the tea party. the tea party was never that massively strong in new jersey to begin with. in 2009 when people like bob mcdonnell got elected, that was the senate seat of the tea party 2010, republicans take the house and now here we are three years later and what are we finding? the tea party is at all time lows. chris christie, traditional republican candidate is doing remarkably well in a state that votes for democrats on a national level. the third thing also is this, chris christie is someone who just speaks bluntly, whether you like him or not -- i disagree with him on women's rights issues but he
when you look at his stance, abortion, president's health care, taxes, unions, some issues that would turn democrats away from even consider gs a republican when you look at that, have not bothered them about chris christie. >> i think there are three things happening here. sandy is one of those things. if i were a voter in new jersey, i would look at sandy and that would probably be at the top of my list. the second thing is, chris christie is coming in now to -- at the descendancy of...
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at the end of the day, i don't think we need to raise taxes. we need to actually take some of the president's proposals in terms of entitlement reforms that republicans agree with. they won't be easy to pass. they're tough for both sides to vote for but they're the right things and apply them to the deficit and easing the sequester. there's a deal to be made if both sides will approach it with willingness to engage in give and take. >> i'm curious how optimisticing that lawmakers will do the same because you're saying give and take, both sides have to give a little. >> well, remember, first of all, let's start with the things we agree on. we agree with a lot of the president's entitlement reforms. we don't think we should have to pay for areas we agree by doing things like raising taxes. we don't expect the democrats to embrace the ryan plan on medicare or the block grant medicaid to the states. so they've got some lines in the sand on their side. i respect that. but there's enough room in the middle to actually get something done, and frankly,
at the end of the day, i don't think we need to raise taxes. we need to actually take some of the president's proposals in terms of entitlement reforms that republicans agree with. they won't be easy to pass. they're tough for both sides to vote for but they're the right things and apply them to the deficit and easing the sequester. there's a deal to be made if both sides will approach it with willingness to engage in give and take. >> i'm curious how optimisticing that lawmakers will do...
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you just pay your taxes, government pays the bills, no website, no confusion. that's what we didn't get, and it's the spin machine that's made us think that this is some kind of -- >> and despite all the spin and despite the complication and the healthcare.gov glitches, when we look at the questions about an opinion of the affordable care act, we still see that in october of 2013, in september of 2013, in july of 2013, it's pretty consistently above a third of americans thinking it's a good idea, fewer than half of americans thinking it's a bad idea, and this is despite, as you point out, tara, the massive misinformation obfuscation campaign by republicans on this. i mean, they've been running against obama care for three election cycles. >> i have to jump on the electoral cal clus, which is what about the government shutdown? we have totally forgotten about the government shutdown and how the republican party blundered that. where people were out of work for week, billions of dollars were lost. so we're coming -- but the aca has obfuscated this, and this is go
you just pay your taxes, government pays the bills, no website, no confusion. that's what we didn't get, and it's the spin machine that's made us think that this is some kind of -- >> and despite all the spin and despite the complication and the healthcare.gov glitches, when we look at the questions about an opinion of the affordable care act, we still see that in october of 2013, in september of 2013, in july of 2013, it's pretty consistently above a third of americans thinking it's a...
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or other taxes. sure, you were getting a lot of medicaid money from the federal government. that's the point. >> there was no doubt we were getting medicare money and having flexibility to our needs was very important. unfortunately, one of the prices of that medicaid money now is to have some things that in my opinion are very detrimental to the act we passed and to be able to continue to move forward. because one of the things we did was one of the relatively easy things here is reduce coverage. we now have one of the greatest rates of insurance coverage in the nation. in fact, we're at about 98%. i don't know it will get much higher than. that but the elussive thing here is always the issue of cost containment and what are you going to do to truly make things affordable? so the flipside of your argument is that if we continue to mandate things people can't afford, we have two choice, one, we will increase our subsidies or, two, we have to have a safety valve, in fact, one of the most recent studie
or other taxes. sure, you were getting a lot of medicaid money from the federal government. that's the point. >> there was no doubt we were getting medicare money and having flexibility to our needs was very important. unfortunately, one of the prices of that medicaid money now is to have some things that in my opinion are very detrimental to the act we passed and to be able to continue to move forward. because one of the things we did was one of the relatively easy things here is reduce...
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don't make the banks pay taxes. don't make google and amazon and apple pay taxes. let them keep their money. >> i understand. let's talk -- let's talk about the big issue. >> it's collapsing. >> let's talk about the big issue and i think we agree on this. by the way, i agree, we shouldn't slash and burn the 12, 13, 14% and leave the big entitlement systems out of touch. you have harry reid asked in an interview about medicare and social security. he said why do you keep bringing it up? you are obsessed with it. we are not going to do anything on those. we are not going to touch those. that's where the long term -- if we want to save america from debt, that's the long term fix. >> the biggest cost in the system, we keep coming back to it is health. it's out of sight. look at the curves. we both look at the curves, the costs of this are out of control. we know that we are spending $750 billion extra this year on health care in our country from what we ought to be spending. the way to get at that, stop the abuses from these hospitals which are the single hospitals in
don't make the banks pay taxes. don't make google and amazon and apple pay taxes. let them keep their money. >> i understand. let's talk -- let's talk about the big issue. >> it's collapsing. >> let's talk about the big issue and i think we agree on this. by the way, i agree, we shouldn't slash and burn the 12, 13, 14% and leave the big entitlement systems out of touch. you have harry reid asked in an interview about medicare and social security. he said why do you keep...
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he's tried to cut income taxes. he's held the line on property taxes. what it shows, harold, is candidates matter. >> ralph, i don't know if you have time to stake round. thank you so much for joining us. just ahead mike hall briperin a john heileman separate fact from fiction. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo: opportunity. that's the real walmart. she'and you love her for it.ide. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your hea
he's tried to cut income taxes. he's held the line on property taxes. what it shows, harold, is candidates matter. >> ralph, i don't know if you have time to stake round. thank you so much for joining us. just ahead mike hall briperin a john heileman separate fact from fiction. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i...
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we talked about mental health yesterday. >> but our taxes are at historic lows, katon, our taxes are at historic lows, and the fact is, there isn't any other entity big enough and worthy enough and willing enough to give the kind of stimulus necessary, right? what we've seen is that private industry, despite its huge profits, is holding on to job creation, it's holding on to dollars, it's not investing, and when you shut the government down, they become even less willing to. >> and melissa, to your point, and katon, all of these dollars, they're not going to be saved. they're going to go plowing right back into the economy, to the small business, to the grocery stores. >> so they can then hire another -- >> do you agree that we've got to start prioritizing our spending some time -- >> yes, i would say we prioritize feeding children! >>> coming up next, the faces behind the figures from the s.n.a.p. cuts. we'll meet just a few of the 47 million people in the crosshairs. and if you missed it last night, don't worry, because we're going to show you how scandalous things got on "saturday
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. >> for californians who work hard, pay taxes and obey the laws, i'm suing to force the federal government to control the border. and i'm working to deny state services to illegal immigrants. enough is enough. >> governor pete wilson. >> hard line immigration rhetoric. it is standard fare in republican primaries today. in 1994, this was something kind of new. in a way wilson and his fellow california republicans pioneered its modern use. 1994 was the year they put proposition 187 on the ballot, which sought to ban illegal immigrants and children from receiving state services including health care and public education. and it was political gold, proposition 187 passed, and pete wilson came from behind to win by double digits. it was also, for wilson and california republicans, the beginning of the end. california was a changing state, in the midst of a demographic overhaul. california of 1994 was barely one quarter latino, today that number is around 40%, back then fewer than 10% of the state was asian-american. today it is nearly 15%. 27% of the state's residents are foreign born. californ
. >> for californians who work hard, pay taxes and obey the laws, i'm suing to force the federal government to control the border. and i'm working to deny state services to illegal immigrants. enough is enough. >> governor pete wilson. >> hard line immigration rhetoric. it is standard fare in republican primaries today. in 1994, this was something kind of new. in a way wilson and his fellow california republicans pioneered its modern use. 1994 was the year they put proposition...
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i like republicans more because i don't like taxes or regulation. i don't like any of them. i want this thing to work. you're a candidate republican or demonstrate that's what you have to resemble. >> if you're a candidate for office and want to be in public service and thinking about doing it for the first time in 2014, look yourself in the mirror can you effect change by being a member of elter party or effect change by blowing twoup parties. two parties -- best thing to happen to both parties in '92 was perot. they recalibrate -- clinton wasn't talking about reduction until ross perot shoipd. republicans forgot how to reach out to economic populace. if you want to effect change in 2014 you have to think about it. >> when they are saying independent, i think independent tone of voice. as far as voters are concerned chris christie is independent. obviously he's not, he's a republican. they are searching for a voice. not a question of, i don't want republicans, i don't want democrats, i don't want business as usual. >> that's what they are saying. >> joe manchin fits that bi
i like republicans more because i don't like taxes or regulation. i don't like any of them. i want this thing to work. you're a candidate republican or demonstrate that's what you have to resemble. >> if you're a candidate for office and want to be in public service and thinking about doing it for the first time in 2014, look yourself in the mirror can you effect change by being a member of elter party or effect change by blowing twoup parties. two parties -- best thing to happen to both...